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Analysis of primary care prescription trends in England during the COVID-19 pandemic compared against a predictive model

BMJ

With prescribing and dispensing of some medications increasing as much as 50% above forecast levels during the early months of the pandemic, results from such databases may have additional implications for planning of pharmaceutical supply chains, as well as for individual prescribers.

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Hospital-at-Home: Bruce Leff and Tacara Soones

GeriPal

How can we take our healthcare system, and really break it, and do it better for older adults who may not fit within, or may not have the conveniences of going into the clinic, or going to the hospital, all these things that we think about. Go back in your mind, November of 2020, COVID is at its peak, we don’t have vaccines quite yet.

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